$640 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 RPT Jackpot Junction

08-01-2025 17:12 UTC-6

Doering Building a Stack

Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The under-the-gun player moved all in for 3,000 and was called by Rejoice Providence in middle position and Keith Doering in the hijack.

Providence and Doering checked it down to the river on a board of 8♥6♠J♦Q♣3♦ and Doering tabled the winner with A♦5♠ for ace-high, besting the 7♦5♣ of Providence and the K♠10♠ of under the gun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Doering	129,000 73,000	73,000
Rejoice Providence	59,000 59,000	59,000

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08-01-2025 17:17 UTC-6

Dinner Break

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining 98 players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break and will return to blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

Play will resume at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.

08-01-2025 17:27 UTC-6

Biggest Stacks Around the Room

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Berger	201,300 201,300	201,300
Jacob Dostal	179,300 179,300	179,300
Claire Leclerc	177,800 117,800	117,800
Zachary Schlueter	177,600 47,600	47,600
Chad Knoblauch	154,700 154,700	154,700
Molly Mossey	147,200 7,200	7,200
Cheese Head	146,700 146,700	146,700
Jason Sell	141,200 81,200	81,200
Michael Taylor (ND)	139,800 84,800	84,800
Lucas Christoffer	135,600 75,600	75,600
Thomas Gjerde	135,100 75,100	75,100
Cary Long	133,300 73,300	73,300
Timothy Blue	127,900 67,900	67,900
Miles Barnum	126,000 80,000	80,000
Tyler Kolness	125,200 4,800	4,800
Keith Doering	118,000 11,000	11,000
Jon Christensen	108,600 48,600	48,600
Leo Leclerc	107,000 47,000	47,000
Jon Maras	106,100 46,100	46,100
Jose Campos Jr	105,800 45,800	45,800

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-01-2025 18:42 UTC-6

Wuetrich Triples Up with Kings

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Alan Wuetrich raised to 3,000 under the gun, the player in early position called, as did Aaron Knudson in middle position. The player on the button then moved all in for 32,000 to put himself at risk. Wuetrich moved all in for 35,500, prompting early position to fold and the button to prematurely table his hand. Knudson then went into the tank before electing to make the call, having both of his opponents covered.

Button: A♠J♣ All in
Alan Wuetrich: K♣K♥
Aaron Knudson: 6♥6♠

The flop came 8♣5♦7♥ with Knudson picking up an open-ended straight draw. The turn landed the 2♥ and the river brought the 8♠, and Wuetrich's pair of kings held to earn him the triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Wuetrich	103,000 43,000	43,000
Aaron Knudson	68,000

Tags: Aaron Knudson Alan Wuetrich

08-01-2025 18:51 UTC-6

WSOP Bracelet Winner Michael Wilklow in the Mix

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Wilklow has just entered the field after the dinner break and has sat down with a fresh 60,000 starting stack.

Wilklow won his first WSOP bracelet over the summer by taking down Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions at the 2025 World Series of Poker. He navigated a field of 19,654 players and walked away with a cool $1,000,000 for his victory.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wilklow	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Michael Wilklow

08-01-2025 19:02 UTC-6

Larson's Kings Hold

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Bruce Larson was all in and at risk for 25,500 and saw the good news when the cards were tabled.

Bruce Larson: J♣J♠ All in
Opponent: K♦K♣

Larson was far in the lead but his opponent spiked a jack on the 9♦10♠J♥ flop, improving to a set of jacks.

The Q♦ turn gave Larson a straight, and the 6♠ river saw the pot being pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Larson	53,500 53,500	53,500

Tags: Bruce Larson

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-01-2025 19:11 UTC-6

Barnum Gets Revenge on James

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Nick Becker

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Miles Barnum and Ronald James clashed earlier in the day where Barnum four-bet with pocket queens preflop and folded to James' five-bet shove only to be shown pocket tens. Barnum caught up with PokerNews to give a recap on how he managed to turn the tables and surpass the 100,000 chip mark.

According to Barnum, James opened with a raise and he responded with a three-bet. James then four-bet jammed for about 50,000 and Barnum made the call.

Ronald James: J♠J♣ All in
Miles Barnum: K♦K♥

The board ran out A♣6♦Q♠Q♣Q♦ and James was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miles Barnum	127,000 1,000	1,000
Ronald James	Busted

Tags: Miles Barnum Ronald James

08-01-2025 19:27 UTC-6

Ledeman Finds the Dream Spot

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Nick Becker

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dave Ledeman, the current RPT Player of the Year points leader for Dakota events, got it all in preflop in the cutoff against Jon Maras in early position who had the covering stack.

Dave Ledeman: A♠A♥ All in
Jon Maras: A♣K♣

The flop came 7♣Q♥8♥ with Ledeman still far out in the lead, but Maras was still alive with backdoor possibilities.

The turn landed the J♥, giving Maras a Broadway draw, but was unable to improve as the river rolled off the 5♣.